Motivational speaker Jessica Cox, who learned to fly without having arms, will visit Wausau on Monday and Tuesday. She'll speak at a public event Monday evening at Wausau Downtown Airport.

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The first woman ever to fly an airplane with her feet will visit Wausau, thanks to the efforts of a Mosinee high school student, a pilot and retired teacher and an area car dealer.

Jessica Cox of Tucson, Ariz., who was born without arms because of a birth defect, will share stories about how she became a pilot, a taekwondo black-belt and a scuba diver at a public presentation at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Wausau Downtown Airport. Cox, 30, who earns a living as a motivational speaker, also will speak to students from Wausau East, Wausau West, Newman Catholic and Mosinee high schools.